v Cardiff City (h) - 27/9/23 Carabao Cup

[BlackburnEnd75]

Lots of positives with the performance tonight, a very enjoyable watch. Some thoughts:

The 3 behind the striker were all very good. Moran and sigurdsson will be starters but Markandays performance was the most encouraging, was bright and looked stronger and quicker than I've previously seen, he really went after their fullback. He might make it after all.

I would feel a lot more comfortable with Tronstad coming into the side after tonight, a very solid performance. Garrett showed promising signs also.

Hill and Wharton I don't think are going to be knocking the door down but both looked better as it went on.

The keeper didn't have too much to do, I'd need to see the first again at a better angle.

Telalovic was practically anonymous, his positioning and movement just isn't there at the moment.

 

[Butty]

Just now, magicalmortensleftpeg said:

You honestly think we would have got 3k more if the BBE was open? 

I agree, no chance. 

[Madon]

Welcome back @ABBEY! 

Fancy us beating Chelsea, 17 goals in 3 rounds. They'll have to score a few to beat us anyway!

[oldjamfan1]

44 minutes ago, ABBEY said:

kinnell good job i didnt go then

Bloody hell, you’re still alive lad! 👏🏻👏🏻😂

[arbitro]

A great nights entertainment at Ewood for everyone that went with some terrific individual performances. The pick of the bunch were Moran and Markanday who both oozed class. For most of the game we were playing quick, incisive attacking football and some of it was a joy to behold. I thought Cardiff were decent too going forward but suspect defensively as we forced errors with the best pressing game we have played for a while. I really like the look of Sigurdsson whose movement in the penalty area was clever. His near post runs from out to in were something we haven't had for a while and caused Cardiff lots of problems. There was so much to enjoy and be pleased about tonight although I was a little narked with the two goals we conceded which were poor in our part and an occasional lapse when we conceded cheap possession.

Just to add by my reckoning in the eight league games and three cup mtaches so far this season there have been fifty goals. That's entertainment.

[Miller11]

Sigurdsson and Moran were class tonight. Good displays from JRC and Hill too. Tronstad not so much, and Telalovic looks very raw. Markanday had some very exciting moments, but some equally poor ones when it came to his final ball. Nice goal though.

Difficult to judge the keeper, he wasn’t overly tested. He looked furious with himself for their first but it looked a good hit on a difficult surface. Certainly not in the recent Pears levels of clangers.

Sigurdsson will be a class above once he’s up to speed. I was distraught when he insisted on taking the penalty as he won the argument with JRC…

Ewood was an absolute ghost town before and after the game. I’d be interested to see what percentage of tickets were £2 kids ones as there seemed a lot of groups of youngsters on.

[rigger]

1 minute ago, Butty said:

I agree, no chance. 

No one can say how many more would have gone if the Blackburn end was open. What I can say with certainty, is that more would have gone. 

[bluebruce]

Just had a look at last year's cup run to see how tonight's attendance (5,371) compares. We didn't have a comparable home tie by this stage, but the fact we got a fair bit higher attendance in the first round against Hartlepool (6,844) last season, and Walsall this season (6,173, also first round) suggests tonight's attendance is certainly short of what it would have been without Swag's idiocy.

[roversfan99]

6 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

was a desperation signing because broughton and kimberley could`nt find anyone proven at our level,i bet they were ringing round every agent in the agent book,****** chancers both of them,prepare yourself for more desperation recruitment in january

Was a desperation signing because Venkys slashed the budget mid summer to an uncompetitively low one.

[Andy]

13 minutes ago, ageoftherover said:

How was Leopold?

Miles better than Pears.

On the account that he's not Aynsley Pears.

[ABBEY]

9 minutes ago, oldjamfan1 said:

Bloody hell, you’re still alive lad! 👏🏻👏🏻😂

Aye .. plodding on . 

 

[mr bishi]

Have we seen the 5th goal yet or are we relying to the people who were there to confirm it happened.

[rigger]

11 minutes ago, bluebruce said:

Just had a look at last year's cup run to see how tonight's attendance (5,371) compares. We didn't have a comparable home tie by this stage, but the fact we got a fair bit higher attendance in the first round against Hartlepool (6,844) last season, and Walsall this season (6,173, also first round) suggests tonight's attendance is certainly short of what it would have been without Swag's idiocy.

I wonder of the 5371, how many were Cardiff fans, and also how many of the Rovers fans were children ?

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

2 minutes ago, mr bishi said:

Have we seen the 5th goal yet or are we relying to the people who were there to confirm it happened.

It’s on the Sky highlights. The missed pen isn’t though.

[Exiled_Rover]

Just now, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

It’s on the Sky highlights. The missed pen isn’t though.

You might have to be in the UK to view the SKY highlights, but they're here: https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/12971320/blackburn-5-2-cardiff-carabao-cup-highlights

[simongarnerisgod]

5 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

Was a desperation signing because Venkys slashed the budget mid summer to an uncompetitively low one.

so they could`nt do better than someone who has only played in the german regional leagues and only had one sub appearance in bundesliga,it`s like signing someone from chorley then expecting him to fit right in,we`de have been better off getting a young striker from the lower leagues in england,at least they know the game,honestly,broughton and the equally useless kimberley hav`nt got a clue,just look at last january,the epitome of how not to be a director of football,let a class player slip through your hands because you are not in attendance to oversee things

[roversfan99]

1 minute ago, simongarnerisgod said:

so they could`nt do better than someone who has only played in the german regional leagues and only had one sub appearance in bundesliga,it`s like signing someone from chorley then expecting him to fit right in,we`de have been better off getting a young striker from the lower leagues in england,at least they know the game,honestly,broughton and the equally useless kimberley hav`nt got a clue,just look at last january,the epitome of how not to be a director of football,let a class player slip through your hands because you are not in attendance to oversee things

Venkys are the problem. We clearly didnt have any money to but a lower league striker, we didnt have the money to loan in another player.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

3 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

You might have to be in the UK to view the SKY highlights, but they're here: https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/12971320/blackburn-5-2-cardiff-carabao-cup-highlights

No sign of the pen ?

[doctorryan]

8 minutes ago, mr bishi said:

Have we seen the 5th goal yet or are we relying to the people who were there to confirm it happened.

 

[mr bishi]

Thanks for the highlights lads.

[RevidgeBlue]

25 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

was a desperation signing because broughton and kimberley could`nt find anyone proven at our level,i bet they were ringing round every agent in the agent book,****** chancers both of them,prepare yourself for more desperation recruitment in january

Yep, he's not even an actual Director of Football in his previous incarnation, bet he can't believe his luck that we apparently missed out on our original target and he somehow ended up with this gig. We'll never get shut of him - same as Waggott.

[RevidgeBlue]

6 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

Venkys are the problem. We clearly didnt have any money to but a lower league striker, we didnt have the money to loan in another player.

But we did have the money to spend £850k on a keeper the manager seemingly rates behind Pears.

[bluebruce]

9 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

so they could`nt do better than someone who has only played in the german regional leagues and only had one sub appearance in bundesliga,it`s like signing someone from chorley then expecting him to fit right in,we`de have been better off getting a young striker from the lower leagues in england,at least they know the game,honestly,broughton and the equally useless kimberley hav`nt got a clue,just look at last january,the epitome of how not to be a director of football,let a class player slip through your hands because you are not in attendance to oversee things

If we'd done that (if we could even afford that) people would have been asking why we signed some lower league waster instead of taking a chance on an unknown from Europe.

Broughton was in attendance last January. You're thinking of Swag. The epitome of how to not be a CEO.

[Ghost7]

30 minutes ago, magicalmortensleftpeg said:

You honestly think we would have got 3k more if the BBE was open? 

2,000 - 3,000 absolutely. We had 1,000 more in the ground vs Hartlepool... League Two opposition last season.

[Exiled_Rover]

6 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

so they could`nt do better than someone who has only played in the german regional leagues and only had one sub appearance in bundesliga,it`s like signing someone from chorley then expecting him to fit right in,we`de have been better off getting a young striker from the lower leagues in england,at least they know the game,honestly,broughton and the equally useless kimberley hav`nt got a clue,just look at last january,the epitome of how not to be a director of football,let a class player slip through your hands because you are not in attendance to oversee things

Moran and Siggurdson scored 3 goals today and bagged 2 assists. Siggurdson scored a goal on Saturday.

Does Broughton get any credit for that or no?

We have our young striker who should be playing in the lower leagues in Leonard (and he's coming along nicely imo). Let's see how Telalovic develops - his goal scoring record in the lower leagues of Germany was good enough for Borussia Mönchengladbach to take a punt on him last year. He strikes me as a player that's just got a knack for scoring goals, despite not being the prettiest technically. We'll see. 

 

The O'Brien transfer has been debated to death - I know who I blame for that falling through and it's not our Director of Football (as he legally can't submit the paperwork to the EFL..).